The fundamental observations that corroborate the Big Bang are the cosmic microwave radiation and the chemical abundances of the light elements described in the Big Bang
nucleosynthesis theory.
Hoyle was a different bird, but he was the key contributor to
the nucleosynthesis theory, that secures him as one of the big scientists of the 20th century.
Not exact matches
Their
theory, known as Big Bang
Nucleosynthesis, included detailed predictions of how much of each element would have been produced in the roughly three minutes of nuclear reactions.
The
theory that describes this primordial element production, called Big Bang
nucleosynthesis, successfully predicts
As an analog to your question, one could ask what tests might cause us to radically reassess the atomic
theory of matter or
nucleosynthesis as the model for energy generation in stars?